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The Selected works of David Joseph Vol. 1 features performances
by the Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and the
Adelaide Chamber Orchestra. This disc includes the Clarinet
concerto commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and
written for Clarinettist Nigel Sabin and the Symphony for organ
and strings. IMAGES for Orchestra (1984) written after returning
from a year living in Spain, was recorded by the Adelaide
Symphony Orchestra, under Dobbs Franks, before a live audience at
the ABC's Studio 520 at Adelaide. THE DREAM for Small Orchestra
(1985) Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra as part of
its 10th anniversary concert programme, was recorded before a
live audience. CLARINET CONCERTO (1989) Commissioned by the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and written for clarinettist Nigel
Sabin, was recorded before a live audience at the ABC's Odeon
Theatre, Hobart. The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is conducted by
Dobbs Franks. SYMPHONY for Organ and Strings (1990) Commissioned
by the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra for the new Organ at the
Adelaide Town Hall in 1989 and was recorded before a live
audience at the Adelaide Town Hall. The Adelaide Chamber
Orchestra is conducted by Graham Abbott, with soloist Melville
Waters.

The Following is a partial transcript from the ABC
program "The Music Show" which was broadcast in October
2006:

Andrew Ford: David Joseph is not a household
name. Move has put out two CDs of this Australian Composer, and
what fine music this is.

Martin Buzacott: Why in this age of widespread
arts funding a composer this good has to make his living as a
lawyer?

But these are two marvellous discs. They mainly consist of live
recordings and they cover his career from when he emerged as an
interesting young composer in the early 1980s, and to now when
he's writing what I think is some of the best music in Australia
at the moment.

Andrew Ford: This piano concerto is astonishing.
Absolutely extraordinary. Is there a better Australian piano
concerto? Played by Michael Kieran Harvey and what a
performance!

Andrew Ford: this is mostly orchestral music
including a clarinet concerto and an organ symphony and for me
they're the most impressive of works.

Martin Buzacott: I'm a big fan of study for
strings "Scherezade" as well. What he's got is this amazing ear
for orchestration. You can see that developing from the early
works like 'Images' right through to the later pieces where the
orchestration becomes not just an experiment in itself but it
becomes integral to the musical statement. What I like is the
sense of . . .

Martin Buzacott: Sense of drama within his
music. It's always really exciting but naturally so - it's not
forced. Extraordinary

Andrew Ford: let's hope these discs are snapped
up, but also fall in the hands of those who program for our
orchestras around the country.